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Research Publications (Food Safety)

This page tracks research articles published in national and international peer-reviewed journals. Recent articles are available ahead of print and searchable by Journal, Article Title, and Category. Research publications are tracked across six categories: Bacterial Pathogens, Chemical Contaminants, Natural Toxins, Parasites, Produce Safety, and Viruses. Articles produced by USDA Grant Funding Agencies (requires login) and FDA Grant Funding Agencies (requires login) are also tracked in Scopus.

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  1. Automated multi-sample acquisition and analysis using atomic force microscopy for biomedical applications

    • PLOS ONE

    • Antoine Dujardin, Peter De Wolf, Frank Lafont, Vincent Dupres

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Yersinia

  2. Characterization of the Vibrio cholerae phage shock protein response

    • Journal of Bacteriology

    • The phage shock protein (Psp) system is a stress response pathway that senses and responds to inner membrane damage. The genetic components of the Psp system are present in several clinically relevant Gram-negative bacteria, including Vibrio cholerae. However, most of the current knowledge about the Psp response stems from in vitro studies in Escherichia coli and Yersinia enterocolitica. In fact, the Psp response in V. cholerae has remained completely uncharacterized.

      • Yersinia
      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens

  3. Rapid and reasonable molecular identification of bacteria and fungi in microbiological diagnostics using rapid real-time PCR and Sanger sequencing

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Available online 9 March 2019

      Author(s): Reinhard Sting, Tobias Eisenberg, Maja Hrubenja

      • Yersinia
      • Shigella
      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  4. Aporphinoid alkaloids as antimicrobial agents against Yersinia enterocolitica

    • Letters in Applied Microbiology

    • Letters in Applied Microbiology Aporphinoid alkaloids as antimicrobial agents against Yersinia enterocolitica

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  5. Relationship between Adaptive Changing of Lysophosphatidylethanolamine Content in the Bacterial Envelope and Ampicillin Sensitivity of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

    • Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

    • The low permeability of porin channels is the possible reason for Gram-negative bacterial resistance to antibiotics. The adaptive accumulation of lysophosphatidylethanolamine (LPE) in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis induces conformational changes of OmpF porin that may hinder the transport of antibiotics through this channel. The present study was aimed to test whether the changes in LPE content affect the resistance of bacteria to ampicillin.

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  6. Toxigenic and pathogenic potential of enteric bacterial pathogens prevalent in the traditional fermented foods marketed in the Northeast region of India

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Available online 21 February 2019

      Author(s): Santosh Keisam, Ngangyola Tuikhar, Giasuddin Ahmed, Kumaraswamy Jeyaram

      • Clostridium perfringens
      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Yersinia
      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Clostridium botulinum
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Bacillus cereus

  7. Bacterial community analysis for investigating bacterial transfer from tonsils to the pig carcass

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Available online 4 February 2019

      Author(s): Anne Mette Jakobsen, Martin Iain Bahl, Tasja Buschhardt, Tina Beck Hansen, Waleed Abu Al-Soud, Asker D. Brejnrod, Søren J. Sørensen, Truls Nesbakken, Søren Aabo

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  8. Enhanced bioaccessibility of green tea polyphenols and lipophilic activity of EGCG octaacetate on gram-negative bacteria

    • LWT

    • Publication date: Available online 30 January 2019

      Source: LWT

      Author(s): Kalaiselvi Ignasimuthu, Rajalakshmi Prakash, Pushpa S. Murthy, Nagarajan Subban

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Yersinia
      • Staphylococcus aureus

  9. Conjugal transfer of erm(B) and multiple tet genes from Lactobacillus spp. to bacterial pathogens in animal gut, in vitro and during food fermentation

    • Food Research International

    • Publication date: February 2019

      , Volume 116

      Author(s): Surya Chandra Rao Thumu, Prakash M. Halami

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  10. Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Exploits CD209 Receptors for Promoting Host Dissemination and Infection [Host Response and Inflammation]

    • Infection and Immunity

    • Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is a Gram-negative enteropathogen and causes gastrointestinal infections. It disseminates from gut to mesenteric lymph nodes (MLNs), spleen, and liver of infected humans and animals. Although the molecular mechanisms for dissemination and infection are unclear, many Gram-negative enteropathogens presumably invade the small intestine via Peyer’s patches to initiate dissemination. In this study, we demonstrate that Y.

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  11. Pulsed light treatment for the reduction of Salmonella typhimurium and Yersinia enterocolitica on pork skin and pork loin

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Available online 17 December 2018

      Author(s): Franziska Koch, Claudia Wiacek, Peggy G. Braun

      • Salmonella
      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  12. A versatile remote control system for functional expression of bacterial virulence genes based on the tetA promoter

    • International Journal of Medical Microbiology

    • Available online 16 November 2018

      Author(s): Marc Schulte, Torsten Sterzenbach, Katarzyna Miskiewicz, Laura Elpers, Michael Hensel, Nicole Hansmeier

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  13. Microbial contamination of moose (Alces alces) and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) carcasses harvested by hunters

    • Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: April 2019

      , Volume 78

      Author(s): Mikaela Sauvala, Sauli Laaksonen, Riikka Laukkanen-Ninios, Katri Jalava, Roger Stephan, Maria Fredriksson-Ahomaa

      • Campylobacter
      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  14. Validation of EN ISO method 10273 - Detection of pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica in foods

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Available online 12 January 2018

      Author(s): Saija Hallanvuo, Mirkka Herranen, Anniina Jaakkonen, Maria Nummela, Jukka Ranta, Interlaboratory study group, Nadine Botteldoorn, Lieven De Zutter, Maria Fredriksson-Ahomaa, Stefan Hertwig, Gro S. Johannessen, Martina Ludewig, Ute Messelhäußer, Pia Sigvart-Mattila, Susanne Thisted-Lambertz, Tiina Thure, Elina Vatunen

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  15. Fluorescence polarization assay: Diagnostic evaluation for porcine brucellosis

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Available online 3 December 2018

      Author(s): Triveni Kalleshamurthy, Chaithra Yaranna, Ranjitha Shekar, Krithiga Natesan, Swati Sahay, Bibek Ranjan Shome, Habibur Rahman, Sukhadeo B. Barbuddhe, Nagendra Nath Barman, Sailendra Kumar Das, Rajeswari Shome

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  16. Changes in Transcriptome of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis IP32953 Grown at 3 and 28°C Detected by RNA Sequencing Shed Light on Cold Adaptation

    • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

    • Jussa-Pekka Virtanen, Riikka Keto-Timonen, Kaisa Jaakkola, Noora Salin, Hannu Korkeala Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is a bacterium that not only survives, but also thrives, proliferates, and remains infective at cold-storage temperatures, making it an adept foodborne pathogen. We analyzed the differences in gene expression between Y. pseudotuberculosis IP32953 grown at 3 and 28°C to investigate which genes were significantly more expressed at low temperature at different phases of growth.

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  17. Caspase-8 induces cleavage of gasdermin D to elicit pyroptosis during Yersinia infection [Immunology and Inflammation]

    • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    • Cell death and inflammation are intimately linked during Yersinia infection. Pathogenic Yersinia inhibits the MAP kinase TGFβ-activated kinase 1 (TAK1) via the effector YopJ, thereby silencing cytokine expression while activating caspase-8–mediated cell death. Here, using Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in corroboration with costimulation of lipopolysaccharide and (5Z)-7-Oxozeaenol, a small-molecule inhibitor of TAK1,...

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  18. PGE2 Augments Inflammasome Activation and M1 Polarization in Macrophages Infected With Salmonella Typhimurium and Yersinia enterocolitica

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Austin E. F. Sheppe, Evangel Kummari, Alyssa Walker, Angela Richards, Winnie W. Hui, Jung Hwa Lee, Lauren Mangum, Abdolsamad Borazjani, Matthew K. Ross, Mariola J. Edelmann

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  19. OmpR-Mediated Transcriptional Regulation and Function of Two Heme Receptor Proteins of Yersinia enterocolitica Bio-Serotype 2/O:9

    • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

    • Karolina Jaworska, Marta Nieckarz, Marta Ludwiczak, Adrianna Raczkowska, Katarzyna Brzostek

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  20. Yersinia pseudotuberculosis BarA-UvrY Two-Component Regulatory System Represses Biofilms via CsrB

    • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

    • Jeffrey K. Schachterle, Ryan M. Stewart, M. Brett Schachterle, Joshua T. Calder, Huan Kang, John T. Prince, David L. Erickson

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  21. Inactivation of multidrug-resistant pathogens and Y. enterocolitica with cold atmospheric pressure plasma on stainless steel surfaces

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Available online 31 August 2018

      Author(s): Karolina A. Lis, Corinna Kehrenberg, Annika Boulaaba, Maren von Köckritz-Blickwede, Sylvia Binder, Yangfang Li, Julia L. Zimmermann, Yvonne Pfeifer, Birte Ahlfeld

      • Yersinia
      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  22. Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Prevalence and Diversity in Wild Boars in Northeast Germany [Public and Environmental Health Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • In this study, the prevalence of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in wild boars in northeast Germany was determined. For that purpose, the tonsils of 503 wild boars were sampled. The presence of Y. pseudotuberculosis was studied by diagnostic PCR. Positive samples were analyzed by cultural detection using a modified cold enrichment protocol. Ten Y. pseudotuberculosis isolates were obtained, which were characterized by biotyping, molecular serotyping, and multilocus sequence typing (MLST).

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  23. Formation of Sublethally Injured Yersinia enterocolitica, Escherichia coli O157:H7, and Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis Cells after Neutral Electrolyzed Oxidizing Water Treatments [Food Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • The impact of neutral electrolyzed oxidizing (NEO) water treatments on the formation of sublethally injured Yersinia enterocolitica, Escherichia coli O157:H7, and Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis cells was evaluated. When pathogens were treated with 6% NEO water, approximately 38% of the treated Yersinia population and 25% of the treated Salmonella population became sublethally injured.

      • Escherichia coli O157:H7
      • Salmonella
      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  24. Identification of Yersinia enterocolitica isolates from humans, pigs and wild boars by MALDI TOF MS

    • BMC Microbiology

    • Yersinia enterocolitica is widespread within the humans, pigs and wild boars. The low isolation rate of Y. enterocolitica from food or environmental and clinical samples may be caused by limited sensitivity of cu...

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  25. YopN Is Required for Efficient Effector Translocation and Virulence in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis [Molecular Pathogenesis]

    • Infection and Immunity

    • Type III secretion systems (T3SSs) are used by various Gram-negative pathogens to subvert the host defense by a host cell contact-dependent mechanism to secrete and translocate virulence effectors. While the effectors differ between pathogens and determine the pathogenic life style, the overall mechanism of secretion and translocation is conserved. T3SSs are regulated at multiple levels, and some secreted substrates have also been shown to function in regulation.

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens